The Financial Picture

FIGURES FOR 1969 SHOW THAT PENN Despite some economies achieved in pas• threat of a strike in the railroad industry. CENTRAL TRANSPORTATION COM• senger operations during the year, the Rail• Work stoppages in coal production, a pro• PANY IS GOING THROUGH A DIFFI• road reported a passenger deficit of $104.8 longed strike in Canadian ore mines and CULT PERIOD. million on a fully allocated basis to the strikes at General Motors and General The Company lost $56,328,000 for the Interstate Commerce Commission. Electric had a heavy effect on traffic. year—more than $1,000,000 per week. Merger start-up costs remained high. Stuart T. Saunders, Penn Central Chair• man, called upon all employes of the Rail• The reasons for this are many and varied Unifying the former Pennsylvania, New road to work together for the common goal and some are beyond the Company's con• York Central and New Haven railroads into of improving the performance and financial trol. Perhaps the largest of these is the a single system is both complex and expen• health of the Railroad System. impact of inflation. sive. Inflation has meant higher prices for the During the past two years, the Railroad "Penn Central is in the Railroad business to stay," he declared. "We have made most materials and supplies the Railroad buys, has spent $600 million on capital projects of the physical improvements necessary for higher interest payments on the Railroad's and the acquisition of equipment. The implementing our merger, and we rely on debt, higher operating expenses throughout money went for building new and expanded all Penn Central men and women to make the Railroad. classification yards, combining terminals their very best efforts to use these tools The total increase in costs due to infla• and improvements in equipment and facili• efficiently." tion is estimated at $100 million. ties. Mr. Saunders pointed out that the best There is still much to be done, but the Many of these costs were in effect for all guarantee of job opportunity and security most expensive projects have been com• or a major part of the year. It was not until lies in providing first-rate service for Penn pleted. November 18, however, that the Railroad Central customers. obtained a six percent increase in freight Abnormal weather conditions added to "In everything we do, we must show our rates. the difficulties of railroad operations. The past winter was the most severe in nearly a customers that we value their business and As a result, additional revenues fell far century throughout a large portion of Penn want more of it," he said. short of absorbing the increases in operat• Central territory. "Each of us has a vital stake in the suc• ing costs. Service on some parts of the System was cess of the Railroad. We are faced with a The slowdown in the economy had a sig• virtually paralyzed for weeks and operating situation that requires us to do our jobs the nificant effect on the Railroad in the latter expenses were increased substantially by very best way we know how. part of 1969. It is still feeling the impact of snow removal costs and other emergency "Each of us, whatever our job, can make the leveling out of the economy, particu• programs. a vital contribution to our goal of control• larly in automobile traffic and general Traffic volume was lost because of strikes ling our costs and raising the efficiency of merchandise business. in several key industries and a recurring our Railroad."

THE FIGURES FOR 1969

the money came from

REVENUE from passenger, freight, mail and express operations $1,651,978,000

DIVIDENDS and other payments from subsidiaries, such as Pittsburgh and Lake Erie and other railroads, trucking companies, Buckeye Pipeline Company, and the Pennsylvania Company, which re• ceives dividends from subsidiary real estate companies 87,867,000

PROFIT on sales of real estate and other investments 12,587,000

OTHER INCOME—from railroad-owned hotels, rents from tenants in railroad-owned office buildings, concessions in passenger stations, parking lot fees, interest on securities held by the Railroad 36,433,000

Total amount that came in $1,788,865,000

Where the money went

PAYMENTS TO EMPLOYES in the form of wages, fringe benefits, and contributions by the Railroad to the employes' Railroad Retire• ment accounts $ 970,219,000

PAYMENTS for materials and supplies, use of other railroads' tracks, insurance, loss and damage claims, special services such as snow removal, and other costs 511,871,000

TAXES paid to Federal, State and local governments 56,364,000

RENTS paid for office space in commercial buildings, for use of cars and locomotives owned by others, and for stations not owned by the Railroad 183,802,000

FIXED CHARGES, which include interest paid by the Railroad on its debts, interest paid for railroads which PC leases, and payments for cars and locomotives which the Railroad buys on time 122,937,000

Total amount paid out $1,845,193,000

NET LOSS $ 56,328,000

1 PC men deliver steel for new super buildings WORLD'S TALLEST

his tops anything man has ever rentals, without any cost to the tax• T attempted. payers. It's the new World Trade Center, The statistics stagger the imagina• now rising in . tion. It will consist of six buildings, in• The buildings will be able to ac• cluding two towers soaring 1350 feet commodate 50,000 employes and 80,- —the tallest buildings in the world. 000 visitors—as many as a good-sized It's an engineering marvel. city. And Penn Central people have a There will be 100,000 lighting fix• big hand in it. tures, enough to light a highway They're bringing in the steel— from New York to Frisco. 200,000 tons of it. There will be enough air condi• They're storing it at Greenville tioning to cool 15,000 homes. Yard, Jersey City, N.J. The door knobs alone, 42,000 of They're keeping precise inventory them, are enough to fill three box• on the thousands of steel girders, cars. panels and other parts. And they're By the time the structure is com• releasing the steel on a tight sched• pleted, 6600 carloads of steel will ule to the trucks that trundle it have been delivered. through underwater tunnels to the Much of the steel is being fabri• construction site in lower Manhat• cated in Penn Central territory. The tan. rest is coming from points across the "Greenville is the key to the country into PC's gateways at Chi• whole project," said William C. Bor• cago, St. Louis, and Potomac Yard, land, engineer for the Port of New near Washington, D. C. Twenty-one York Authority. railroads are involved. Penn Central "We could never have gotten off has the primary role. the ground without it." PC men have been delivering eight The Port of New York Authority to ten carloads of steel a day to was authorized by the States of New Greenville Yard. Most of it is on York and New Jersey to undertake flatcars. Gondolas with idler cars are the mammoth project. The buildings used for the larger girders. will contain offices for commercial Some massive panels, 11 1/2 feet firms in the export-import business, wide, had to be shipped flat to pre• for world trade organizations, and vent warping, and had to be babied for government agencies involved in across the country. Tower of World Trade Center rises into Manhattan skyline as steel panels are put in. foreign trade and port affairs. Greenville Yard has close to 500 The buildings, to cost about $600 acres, and half the area is being used million, will pay for themselves in. for storing steel. "In some places, it's ten feet high," says William Watson, steel yard coordinator. "Right now, we have about 50,000 tons for the World Trade Center, and about 20,000 tons for other buildings and for bridges on the New Jersey Turnpike." Greenville Yard has been the birthplace of many of New York's William Watson, PC steel-yard coordina• skyscrapers, Mr. Watson points out. tor, right, gets steel orders for Trade Cen• At present the yard is receiving steel ter from Edward Mantie, of Koch Erecting. for the Astor Plaza and the new U. S. Steel, Bell Telephone and Trans handling big shipments. But things PC Foreman Raymond Ryan tells Frank World Airlines buildings. really hit a high when they started Sudowski, of Jersey Contracting, to load "There's some type of construction on the World Trade Center." steel for delivery to construction site. going on all the time, and this is To handle the influx, Penn Central Conductor Mike Silboch signals Engine- where the steel comes through," he people laid new yard tracks, im• structural steel carrying a small fir man John Macko as they move steel. says. "We've had a lot of practice in proved others, and paved additional tree and an American flag will be storage areas. hoisted 1350 feet. It will be a Greenville Yard, across bay from New York City, holds steel for World Trade Center. Plans call for delivery of the steel topping-out ceremony. parts to Greenville at least 30 days The first tenants will be able to before they're needed by the build• move in. But the entire project won't ers. With few exceptions, this sched• be finished till 1973. At that time, ule has been met. there will be a staggering final statis• "As many as 40 truckloads have tic—9,000,000 square feet of rentable rolled out of here every day for the office space. construction site," said Raymond Ryan, PC foreman at the steel yard. Steel goes onto truck which will take it "The construction men tell us which via underwater tunnel to building area. pieces are needed. Each piece is coded with letters and numbers. Our job is to pick out the right pieces to be loaded on the trucks. If we sent a wrong piece, it could stop steel erection on the towers." The trucking is done on a close schedule. The steel pieces are sup• posed to be delivered to a desig• nated crane within 30 minutes of erection time. The trucking goes on almost 24 hours a day. Oversized pieces have to move in the pre-dawn hours— 3 a.m. to 5:30—so as not to interfere with automobile traffic. The Port Authority has a holding area for trucks at the building site. Some time this year, a piece of PC plans to end Listed in the Notice NUMBERS OPERATING BETWEEN 1969 LOSSES passenger trains in No. 13 & No. 32 Pittsburgh and St. Louis $1,170,805 No. 4 & No. 31 New York and St. Louis $1,885,152 No. 16 & No. 25 Pittsburgh and New York $93,833 No. 22 & No. 23 Chicago and New York $344,552 East-West service No. 48 & No. 49 Chicago and New York $102,930 No. 54 & No. 55 Chicago and New York $246,563 The Railroad has filed a notice for version of U.S. mail and express to No. 77 & No. 78 Columbus and Cincinnati $443,319 discontinuance of 34 long-dis• other forms of transportation. No. 548 & No. 549 Harrisburg and Baltimore $112,120 tance East-West trains on April 15. Mr. Gorman emphasized that the Paul A. Gorman, Penn Central Railroad's policy is to upgrade and No. 90 & No. 93 Chicago and Louisville $728,325 president, said the move is necessary improve essential trains through No. 63 & No. 64 Buffalo and Chicago $957,630 in view of the Railroad's net loss of added governmental assistance, but No. 27 & No. 28 Buffalo and Chicago $870,255 $56,328,000 in 1969, in which the to phase out trains which the public deficit from passenger service was a no longer needs or patronizes. No. 427 & No. 428 and Albany $381,913 large factor. He pointed out that the new ac• No. 51 & No. 98 Buffalo and Chicago $611,694 "We cannot afford to continue op• tion will not affect intercity passen• No. 14 & No. 17 Buffalo and Chicago $552,812 erating these trains at losses which ger operations along the Eastern are being underwritten by our freight Seaboard or the be• No. 351 & No. 52 Buffalo and Chicago $639,697 shippers and stockholders," Mr. Qor- tween New York, Albany and Buffa• No. 315 & No. 316 Cleveland and Indianapolis $297,630 man said. lo. And it will not affect Philadel- No. 355 & No. 356 Detroit and Chicago $165,773 "For every dollar of freight profit phia-Harrisburg service, except for last year, we lost $2.82 on passenger the limited amount provided by service." some of the long-distance trains. The Railroad filed the notice with Discontinuing the 34 long-distance proximately 1280 passenger trains improve intercity service between the Interstate Commerce Commis• trains, with 14 other trains now in• daily. These include 535 trains be• Boston, New York and Washington. sion at Washington on March 10. volved in discontinuance proceed• tween cities—about 73 percent of all Newly overhauled and refurbished Under the law, the Commission ings before the I.C.C. or the courts, America's regularly scheduled inter• equipment is being assigned to ten can do several things. It can permit would end all of PC's long-distance city passenger trains. trains that carry the heaviest pas• Penn Central to put its plan, or part passenger service west of Buffalo, senger loads between these cities. of it, into effect; or it can conduct an N.Y., and Harrisburg, Pa. Considering all service, including (See Page Eleven) investigation requiring continuance However, these trains are only a commuter trains, Penn Central pro• A new position of Senior Vice of the service for four months. After• minor portion of Penn Central's to• vides 64 percent of rail passenger President-Passenger Service has ward, the Commission could let the tal passenger service. service in the East. been created on the Staff of the Railroad proceed with the plan; or it The Railroad now operates ap- Penn Central has been taking ac• Penn Central President, with re• could require continuance of service, tion to strengthen essential passen• sponsibility for coordinating passen• or part of it, for a year. After the ger service. ger service. year, the Railroad would be free to The Railroad has been working file its notice again. EMPLOYE with governmental agencies to de• Mr. Gorman pointed out that Penn Central's two predecessors, The Railroad's 1969 net loss of velop financial assistance plans for PRR and New York Central, spent $56,328,000 would have been far PROTECTION sustaining the commuter trains. more than $300 million between heavier but for the contributions the Penn Central is the only Amer• 1947 and 1957 in a determined effort Railroad received from earnings of Removal of trains will not re• ican railroad engaged in developing to reverse the decline in passenger real estate enterprises and other sub• move protection from Penn a new kind of passenger service. It travel. sidiaries. Central people who come un• has invested more than $50,000,000 "In the same decade, while new For passenger service alone, the der the Merger Protective in service between New York and Washington, compared equipment was put in operation and Railroad reported a 1969 loss of Agreement applicable to their with a $11,500,000 commitment of the service promoted," he said, "the $104,800,000 on the fully-allocated craft or class. Federal Government spent $27 bil• cost basis used in Interstate Com• Federal funds. This agreement, which went lion to build and promote highways, merce Commission accounting. This Penn Central is also operating dai• into effect at the time of the ly Turboservice between Boston and airways and waterways." includes the passenger service share merger, assures continued em• of the cost of tracks, signals and oth• New York, testing the feasibility of He cited the effect of this on rail• ployment for employes specifi• er facilities used jointly with freight this equipment for the U. S. Depart• road passenger traffic. cally covered by its terms. service. If only the direct costs are ment of Transportation. "In 1947," he said, "the combined considered, the passenger service These employes will be able A new Metropolitan Region was Pennsylvania, New York Central loss is estimated at $67,000,000. to exercise their seniority to recently established and given full and New Haven railroads carried On the 34 trains to be discon• claim other jobs, and will retain responsibility for upgrading passen• more than 247 million passengers. tinued, passenger revenues in 1969 the wages and fringe benefits ger service in and out of Grand Cen• "Ten years later, these lines car• fell 28.8 percent below the 1968 fig• guaranteed by the Merger Pro• tral Terminal, New York. (See Page ried only 144 million. Seven) "By 1969, only 91 million persons, ure. Revenues from mail and express tective Agreement. dropped 37.2 percent, because of di• In February, the Railroad an• mostly commuters, were traveling nounced a concentrated program to by rail."

New anti-theft trailers It takes a lot of air to get into right door are released; and Penn Central's recently ac• 4. The driver presses a spe• quired TrailVan trailers. cial release valve. About 80 pounds per square When all four steps have inch to be exact. been taken, the right door That's the air pressure in a springs open, but not all the completely connected tractor- way. It can be opened slowly trailer rig. from this point in case freight Most of the new trailers are inside the trailer is leaning equipped with Freight Safe, a against the door. patented anti-theft locking de• vice for transport trailers. It's Albert Rauch closes door of new trailer the latest in locks and can only that can be opened only by the driver. be operated in conjunction with the rig's air-brake system. The doors lock in the conven• tional manner. However, ac• cording to Custom Lock, Inc., Chicago, manufacturer of the device, it cannot be opened un• less: 1. A tractor hookup is made, including all air lines, to the trailer; 2. The tractor is running and the parking brakes are applied; A trailerload of freight, just arrived by train, leaves a Penn Central TrailVan terminal. 3. The locking rods on the More coaches for commuters onductor William E. Kesil's eyes C brightened when the gleaming new group of passenger coaches came on line. "This gives us a real lift," he said. "It's a boost to the spirits of the commuters, and the trainmen who work in these cars." Conductor Kesil serves on the North Jersey Shore line. It carries commuters between New York City and Bay Head Junction, N. J., on the tracks of the New York and Long Branch Railroad. Like other commuter lines, this one is in urgent need of new equip• Painter Americo J. Damiano dresses up the As the first of the Santa Fe cars goes through the renovation process, William Young, ment. The State of New Jersey, car's interior with a pastel azure blue. apprentice carman, keeps record of the work to serve as a guide for the other cars. which has been providing funds to help preserve necessary commuter men had never worked on cars pre• lines went in. services, bought 27 coaches from the cisely like these. There was no single "We put real comfort into these Santa Fe Railroad, which no longer plan that could be followed, because cars," said Carbuilder Walter J. had need for them. the cars were of different types. Prugar. The plan was for New Jersey's Some had lounge areas at one end, Painter Americo J. Damiano Department of Transportation to some at both ends. Seating capacity pointed out that he and fellow paint• lease the cars to Penn Central for ranged from 38 to 50. ers added an important element— the North Jersey Shore service. But "First, we stripped the insides "eye appeal." first the stainless-steel cars all had to completely—seats, toilets, wiring, The cars got ash-colored ceilings, be completely overhauled and reno• everything," said Harry R. Porter, azure-blue walls down to the win• vated. carbuilder at Altoona's Passenger dows, and a deeper Canton blue And this had to be done fast, be• Car Shop. below. cause of the pressing need for cars. "Then we put new things in— The new capacity varies from 84 The job was turned over to Penn comfortable new coach seats, new to 100 seats, depending on the origi• Central shopmen at Altoona, Pa. and toilets, new wiring. We put bulk• nal design of the cars. Beech Grove, Ind. heads in each car to separate the "In my opinion, we could use more It wasn't easy. The Penn Central smoking section from the rest of the room for luggage," said Conductor car." Kesil, who came to the Railroad 10 The trucks were reconditioned. years ago after a four-year stint with The heating system was overhauled the Air Force. where needed. New air conditioning, "But the cars are bright and at• new generators, and new air-brake tractive, beautifully lighted, and I think the passengers are going to Armrest is installed on a new coach seat give them a fine reception." by Walter Prugar, carbuilder at Artoooa.

Carbuilders Harry Porter and Tom Van- drew set up a smoking compartment.

Electricians W. J. Gruber and J. G. Mur• V. J. Cassidy insulates air-conditioning phy put in fixtures to brighten the scene. pipe in car at Passenger Shop, Altoona. Conductor William E. Kesil goes to work in new car in North Jersey Shore service.

Henson Dunmyer has always been snakes, for young visitors to handle. "You just have to be careful with SNAKES ALIVE! interested in animals. All kinds. "I've just ordered a poisonous king them, that's all. When they get Wild ones and tame ones. cobra from India for $250," Mr. Dun• scared, they get unpredictable. About 15 years ago, he ventured myer said. "He'll be the first poison• "Adults who visit me stay at a into the unknown. He bought a ous one I've ever handled. I'll have distance from the snakes. But child• snake. to take venom shots for immuniza• ren—if they haven't been preju• "I just wanted to see how it would tion before he arrives." diced by their parents—always want make out as a household pet," said If all this seems odd, you don't to hold a snake." Mr. Dunmyer, a locomotive fireman know about snakes. The only complication in raising on Penn Central's Buffalo Division. "I recommend them to anybody snakes is that they require live The snake proved to be so easy who wants a real fine pet," Mr. food. So Mr. Dunmyer raises such to manage, that today Mr. Dunmyer Dunmyer said. "They're very clean creatures as rats, mice and iguanas to has a whole menagerie of snakes —much more so than a dog, for serve as the snakes' menu. living in glass cases in his home. example. Mr. Dunmyer, who has been rail• There's an anaconda about 30 feet "They're quiet. roading since 1944, owns a 43-acre long. "They're not slimy, the way people farm near Bliss, N.Y. He'd like to There's a boa constrictor, also think. turn it into a zoo. about 30 feet long. "They'll listen to you, and they're "I'll do it if I can get support from There's a rosy-tailed boa, the one fun to watch. other animal raisers in the area," he in the photograph, about 15 feet "I've never been attacked by one. said. long. They're nice to get along with—un• "Some of them, though, are a There are also half a dozen smaller less provoked. little touchy about snakes." Everybody s out to beat ALLEGHENY

Morning safety discussion: Fireman D. W. Burke, Conductor W. T. Gillespie ("in bad T hey're tops. weather, use extra care"), Engineman W. Again. H. Peck ("constantly keep watching the The men and women of the Alle• crew"), Brake O. W. Lane ("make those gheny Division led all of Penn Cen• signals clear"), Brakeman P. F. Jordan. tral's 25 Divisions in 1969, as they did in 1968. And for 1969, as for 1968, they re• ceived the No. 1 trophy in Penn Central's Safety Contest. "Its nice to be Number One," said Plumber Stanley I. Mogle, at Mt. Union, Pa. "I'm not talking just about tro• K. F. Webel, division superintendent, Andrew B. Baeneman, car repairman, phies. I'm talking about not becom• proudly displays trophy to D. L. Showers, makes sure switch is locked, and warning ing a casualty. J. M. Leighty, R. O. Loibl and D. DeBiase. blue flag is up, before he starts work. "I have a great hobby—watching my grandchildren grow up. I don't "We have a softball team, a golf want anything to prevent that." league, and basketball teams," said Electrician Jess W. Stiffler, at Trainmaster Donald Armstrong, at Cresson, Pa., puts it like this: Cresson, Pa. "There are picnics, too. "I have ten children, and six of "What does all this have to do them still live at home. I know I can't with safety? I'll tell you. raise them if I'm on my back. "When you play golf with a man "I know the other guys have simi• who works in your shop, you get to lar personal reasons why they're know him personally. You get to extra-careful to prevent accidents." care what happens to him. This extra care has paid off. "So at work, you're extra careful The Allegheny Division, with to make sure you don't accidentally headquarters at Altoona, Pa., fin- Just hammering a nail. But Carpenter E. S. hurt him—and he doesn't do any• ished 1969 with a personal injury Beldin makes sure to wear safety goggles. thing that might hurt himself." rate of only 3.09. This attitude is visible all around In other words, there were just "We know that all the other Di• the Division. Office safety: Grace Coveney makes sure about three lost-time injuries for visions will be out to take the top Here's Grace A. Coveney, stenog• to close file drawer so nobody will trip. every million man-hours of work. position away from us," says Ken• rapher in the superintendent's office, To put the statistic another way: neth F. Webel, the division superin• making sure to close a file drawer. If you were the average Allegheny tendent. "Why did I close it?" she says. Division employe, you'd work about "The only way they can do it is to "Because I opened it. And how did 164 years before you'd have an in• work a damn sight harder on safety "I knew it was open, but someone jury that would keep you off the job than we do—and that won't be easy. else might not notice it and trip." your division a day or more. "We live safety on this Division." Allegheny Division people are But the Allegheny Division people Everybody gets into the act, one particularly proud of two depart• score? aren't thinking about 164 years. way or another. ments that went through the whole They're thinking about this year. There are coffee-and-doughnut year without a single injury— Here are the official standings of meetings. There are informal discus• Maintenance-of-Way and Stations. the 25 Divisions in Penn Cen• sions. There are safety skits. The Division people feel good tral's Safety Contest for 1969. A big feature is the Committees of about being part of the Central Re• The Injury Rate is the number of Four. These each consist of four su• gion, which led all the PC Regions reportable injuries per million pervisors from various departments. in safety. man-hours of work. A reportable They're constantly touring the Di• PC President Paul A. Gorman vision, observing and talking to em• thought so highly of their achieve• injury is one that keeps the em• ployes. They call employes' atten• ments, he traveled to the Pittsburgh ploye off the job for 24 hours or tion to any unsafe work practices— headquarters to present safety tro• more. and to good work practices, too. phies to the Region and the Division. Division Injury Rate "It's all right to knock a man for 1 Allegheny 3.09 doing something wrong—he deserves it," Superintendent Webel says. 2 Harrisburg 3.96 "But it's just as important to tell a 3 Columbus 4.08 man when he's doing something 4 Pittsburgh 4.38 right. He deserves it, too." Stress is also placed on the CT-990 5 Canada 4.59 —the Safety Rule Observation Re• 6 St. Louis 6.27 port, made out by the employe's own supervisor. The contents are dis• 7 Williamsport 7.03 cussed with the employe right at the 8 Fort Wayne 7.18 spot—and here, too, he receives com• 9 New Haven 7.73 mendation for safe work habits as 10 Indiana 7.73 Close clearance—and Brakeman J. D. well as a reminder on any unsafe Naylor keeps in the clear as he signals. ones. 11 Cincinnati 7.73 12 Syracuse 8.40 Joseph E. Richey, master mechanic, speaks to Altoona M-of-E men: "Our Railroad has a 13 Boston 8.85 good safety program. It works—if every one of us is determined to make it work." C. M. Keith, lead C&S maintainer, keeps his spurs sharp for safe pole-climbing. 14 9.29 15 Buffalo 9.81 Car Inspector G. F. Sugarts lets no open- 16 Springfield 10.10 top load pass through without checking it. 17 Valley 10.67 18 New Jersey 11.80 19 Chicago 12.51 20 Hudson 12.74 21 Toledo 12.89 22 Philadelphia 12.95 23 Cleveland 14.55 24 Michigan 18.92 25 Detroit 24.23 OPEN LINE REPORTS FROM ALL OVER shopcraft Situation—The lengthy disagreement Diversification—The Penn Central Company, par• between the Nation's railroads and the shopcraft unions ent company of the railroad, has acquired the South• reached another critical point last month. western Oil and Refining Company, which operates a re• On March 2, U.S. District Court Judge Howard F. Cor• finery at Corpus Christi, Tex., and the Royal Petroleum coran ruled that a strike against an individual railroad Corporation, a wholesale distributor of fuel oil in the would violate the unions' obligation to bargain with the New York area. They will continue to operate as separate industry on a nationwide basis. companies under their present management. "Having begun on a national level," he said, "it is in• Penn Central Company issued 400,000 shares of $3 cumbent upon the parties to continue to deal on a national cumulative preference stock for outstanding stock of the level." acquired companies. At the option of the holders, each The next day, the four shopcraft unions announced share of preference stock may be converted immediately "Back around 1910 to 1914, I they would strike the railroads on a nationwide basis at into two shares of PC common stock, or after five years worked for the NYC, and I have 12:01 A.M., March 5. from the date of acquisition, into one share of Norfolk & been interested in railroads ever On March 4, Congress passed a bill banning any strike Western common stock. since. There are two things bothering or lockout in the dispute for 37 days—that is, until me, namely: What do you use to April 11. anchor rails to concrete ties? And Railroads' OUtlook—The prospects for the rail• W. J. Usery, Jr., U. S. assistant secretary of labor, what takes care of expansion and road industry are favorable for the long-range view, sought to get negotiations going again. contraction when you install con• troubled for the short range. tinuous welded rail?"—F. B. Viau, A report from the Association of American Railroads Watertown, NY. said the outlook for the next decade is "favorable and Some concrete ties have a threaded challenging." But, it emphasized, "the immediate problem sleeve, inserted during pouring. A will be to keep the financial health of the railroads from screw spike is put in and tightened further impairment, so that the railroads may be ready onto the base of the rail. Another to meet the nation's increasing demands upon them in the method is the use of a clamp that future." runs up each side of the tie and For 1970, the report said, "further escalations of costs snaps over the base of the rail . . . are ahead, and, without prompt help from rate adjust• Continuous welded rail, if laid with• ments, maintenance of even the present low level of rail• in certain temperatures and given road earnings is not to be expected. box anchoring at every other tie, "Also to be considered is that as measures to restrain will not expand or contract. inflation take hold, some slowdown in economic activity and perhaps in rail freight traffic may occur." "As an enthusiastic supporter and employee of Penn Central for over eight months, I would like to know New freight Service—Train EV-2 has been es• if you could please put me on as a tablished to run from Enola Yard, near Harrisburg, Pa., subscriber to your magazine. I enjoy Careers in railroading —Penn Central partici• to Alfred E. Perlman Yard, at Selkirk, N. Y., via the new it greatly, but rarely do I get a copy pated in Philadelphia's 5th annual Operation Native Son, "National Junction" track hookup in North Jersey. The of it here at Train Yard in Dear• in which career opportunities were discussed by 110 new train cuts approximately 24 hours off the transit born, Mich."—G. Daniels, car in• companies with more than 4000 college seniors. Here, time of freight to New England. telling young men about Penn Central, are F. J. Oleson, spector, Dearborn, Mich. recruitment supervisor, and R. A. Cifaldi, senior re• Each pay location is supposed to cruiter. Mr. Cifaldi recently received recognition from Busy yard—PC's Big Four Yard at Avon, Ind., near receive one copy of The Post for Bowling Green State University as one of the top ten re• Indianapolis, handled 1,049,375 cars in 1969—an increase each employe who receives his pay• cruiters, chosen among representatives of more than 300 of 125,925 since the pre-merger year of 1967. An expan• check there. Please consult the per• companies. sion program has boosted the yard's capacity from 4700 son who distributes your paychecks. cars to 5800. About 28,000 feet of yard track has been added, 14,000 feet of main line track, nine new pushbutton "It seems as though the PC Post More dieSels—Penn Central has ordered 93 new operated switches, a new conductor's office, and a track gets better each issue. The photo se• diesels from the Electro-Motive Division of General Mo• connection between the yard and PRR's Indianapolis- lections are interesting and the re• tors and 19 from General Electric. They will be in the Vincennes line. production of the photos is of high range of 2000 to 3000 horsepower. About half the new quality—very clear and good work• units will have four driving motors and will be used pri• manship all around. Hope 1970 is marily in secondary and branch line freight service. The Tear-off tickets —Passengers riding PC's local good for all responsible for it."— others, having six motors, will be assigned to heavy yard trains in the Philadelphia area on 10-trip tickets received L. R. Sidney, St. Louis, Mo. switching service. a new kind of ticket last month. It consists of a long strip with 10 tear-off stubs. The passenger only has to rip off a stub and hand it to the trainman. No punching is neces• Making a million—Working a continuous string sary. Purpose of the new-type ticket is to speed fare col• of 1,000,000 man-hours without a single lost-time injury lections, especially during peak morning and evening is a proud safety feat. Joseph A. Bonelli, manager of commuter periods. safety, announces that this record was reached during 1969 by the Harrisburg, Allegheny, and Pittsburgh divisions. The same record was achieved by several de• Science On rails—The Association of American partments: Williamsport Division's transportation de• Railroads has chosen a top-flight scientist to head up a partment, Pittsburgh Division's station department, and program "to carry the modernization of America's rail• New York Region's material management department. roads to the limits of modern technology." The appointee is Dr. William J. Harris, Jr., who formerly served with the National Academy of Sciences and the Naval Re• Railroads on TV —Commercials telling of the im• search Laboratory, and most recently was assistant di• portance of the railroads to American prosperity will ap• rector of the Columbus Laboratories of the Battelle pear on NBC-TV's Today Show once a week till the end Memorial Institute. of June. TV spots are also scheduled for the Jacksonville Open, Tournament of Champions, Byron Nelson Golf, Coaches' All-American Football game, and on several "You see, the guys from the Penn runs of NBC's Frank McGee news show, Saturday Night Central freight yards play here." Movies, ABC's Wide World of Sports, Dragnet, and the Bold Ones. There will be radio commercials on the NBC, ABC and Mutual networks, and ads will appear in Time, News• week, Life, Look, Reader's Digest, and U. S. News & World Report.

Supplemental annuities —Committees of the U. S. Senate and the House of Representatives met to work out differences in their versions of a bill extending supplemental annuities for retired railroaders. The House version would require compulsory retirement at 65. The Senate version would reduce an employe's supplementary annuity for each year worked beyond 65. A flag for Collinwood-A new flag to fly over the Collinwood Diesel Terminal, Cleveland, O., was pre• Rail merger—The U. S. Supreme Court has ap• sented by VFW Post 2926. The flag was delivered by Mrs. proved the merger of four railroads—Great Northern, Peggy Dodash, Canella Chillicote and Mrs. Gladys Kess- Northern Pacific, Burlington, and Spokane, Portland & ler, of the VFW. Accepting it in behalf of fellow employes Seattle. Effective date of the merger was March 2, 1970. were Foreman George Ehas and Boilmakers Carl The new company's name: Burlington Northern, Inc. Dunahoo and Donald Speidel. "Former railroader, eh?"

6 A new PC Region with the accent on PASSENGERS t's called the Metropolitan Region. Conn., with the branches to New I It's brand new. Canaan, Danbury and Waterbury, It was established by Penn Cen• Conn. tral to help make life more pleasant All the freight trains moving for 70,000 passengers who ride the through this territory will be the Penn Central in and out of New responsibility of the New Haven Re• York City each day. gion on one side, and the Eastern That's the new Region's only job. Region on the other. The New Jer• No freight. sey Division, with its freight opera• Freight will continue to roll tions and its passengers operations through this area, but it will be into Penn Station, New York, now somebody else's responsibility. becomes part of the Eastern Region, The men and women of the new with headquarters at Philadelphia. Metropolitan Region will concen• In a message to employes of the trate on keeping the 500 daily com• new Region, Mr. Frasher and James About 70,000 passengers a day ride commuter trains in and out of Grand Central. muter trains clean and comfortable M. Loconto, the Region's general and on time. manager-operation, wrote: the New Haven West End Service. "And also giving the passengers "We realize that large sums of Final contract arrangements are be• the personal attention, the consider• money eventually will have to be in• ing made with New York State's ation and helpfulness, which will vested to undertake all of the proj• Metropolitan Transportation Author• show them we're genuinely inter• ects necessary to provide a modern, ity and the Connecticut Transporta• ested in them and want them to keep efficient mass transit service. Hope• tion Authority. riding the Penn Central." fully, funds can be made available so President Richard M. Nixon re• That's Edward P. Frasher talking. such a program can get under way in cently signed a bill by which Con• He's the newly appointed vice the near future. gress authorized a bi-state compact president of the Metropolitan Region. "Meanwhile, there are many to permit the two State Authorities He's a stocky, dark-haired man things we can do to improve our to enter into the agreement with the who started railroading in 1942 as a passenger service for the 70,000 rid• Railroad. locomotive fireman, and served as an ers who use our trains daily to and Penn Central will operate the ser• aviation cadet in World War II. from New York. vice under contract with the State He worked his way up the railroad "We have the experience, the Authorities. ranks, as engineman, road foreman, know-how, the pride to produce a "There is no change in the status trainmaster, division superintendent, winner. We'll do our part and we're of the Railroaders involved in the James M. Loconto, shown with William P. general superintendent, and, most sure you will do yours." service," said Robert Brooks, PC Ahern and George S. Moon, is the general recently, general manager of Penn Staff members of the new Region general solicitor at New York. "They manager-operation of the new PC Region. Central's New York Region. include Robert K. Pattison, general continue to be employes of the Penn The name. New York Region, is superintendent-transportation; Wil• Central Transportation Company, as The two State Authorities will now eliminated. liam Glavin, regional engineer: before. share the net costs of the West End The PC's new Metropolitan Re• and Charles W. Cole, regional me• "Under the new compact, the service. Penn Central will continue gion has taken over all the passenger chanical superintendent. States will finance needed improve• to use Grand Central for its Hudson service centered at Grand Central The new setup has been made in ments," Mr. Brooks added. Division suburban service and for Terminal. anticipation of a basic change in the "Funds from the Federal Govern• through passenger trains. This includes the former Hudson sponsorship of commuter operations ment will help pay for the cost of The two Authorities plan to pur• Division to Albany, N.Y., the Har• in the New York-New Haven area. new equipment." chase up to 144 new self-propelled lem Division to Chatham, N. Y.; and The States of New York and Con• PC President Paul A. Gorman electric commuter cars. They will the West End service to New Haven, necticut are planning to take over said the new Penn Central setup is "an important step in developing a also buy and renovate 97 stainless partnership between government steel multiple-unit cars now in ser• and private enterprise dedicated to vice. They will rehabilitate stations modernizing an essential public ser• and install high-level platforms. vice." The two Authorities will retain When final details are completed, any profits and make up any deficits the Connecticut Transportation Au• from the operation. thority will take a lease on all subur• Penn Central will be paid a $100,- ban passenger facilities on the main 000 annual fee for managing the line between New Haven and the operation. New York State border, and also the New Canaan, Danbury and Water- bury branch lines. About 60 miles of Let'em tote their own. railroad are involved. New York State's Metropolitan Transportation Authority will buy the right-of-way from Woodlawn, in the Bronx, to the Connecticut state line—about 15 miles of railroad. The Authority will also lease the trans• portation property in the Grand Edward P. Frasher, vice president of new Metropolitan Region, talks things over with Central Terminal area, and PC's rail Trainman William McMillan, Conductor Robert Hollander, Trainman Donald McConville. access from Woodlawn.

taking Mrs. Eckert and me "He was more than a man All the way home home. He got his car and came doing his job," Mrs. Lewis later Ralph J. Eckert, of Gooding up to the station circle and as• wrote to Penn Central. Rubber Company, got off a PC sisted me again with my bags. "He took me under his capa• train with his wife at Pitts• And he left us at the door of ble wing, took care of my mer• burgh, Pa. His suitcases were our apartment building. chandise, showed me where to heavy. Conductor Paul J. Sha- "I certainly wish to compli• get my ticket, escorted me to Youngsters get a kick out of these fron helped him with his suit• ment this gentleman." my train seat, helped me to miniature tote-bags. 7 in. long, cases, and casually asked Mr. place each of those nine items Black vinyl; emblem in red and white. $1.25 Eckert where he lived. Mrs. Clarence C. Lewis, of the best way, and departed with TO: Penn Central Souvenirs, Room 1040, As Mr. Eckert later wrote to Los Angeles, traveling through a cheerful reassurance. Six Penn Center, Philadelphia, Pa. 19104 Penn Central: the East, tottered into Grand "In his business, where ev• Please send me bags at $1.25. Enclosed is $ "I told him North Hills, and Central Terminal with nine erybody is tense, in a hurry, Conductor Shafron advised me packages and suitcases. I'd imagine it is hard to be so that he also lived in that vicini• To her rescue came Herbert patient and understanding, so City- . State _ _Zip_ Enclosed is check ( ) or money order ( ) for $. ty, and offered his services in Jenkins, Redcap No. 44. calm and reassuring." payable to Penn Central Company (Include sales tax if required in your area)

7 NEW MANAGEMENT LINEUP

ew assignments have been made Mr. Flannery, a graduate of Pur• Penn Central's Law Department in versity of Virginia Law School. N in a realignment of Penn Central due University, joined the New addition to his present duties of liai• After practicing law in Richmond, Transportation Company's top man• York Central in 1948. After advanc• son with government officials. He Va., he joined the Norfolk & Western agement. ing through the Central's engineer• will report to Chairman Saunders. law department and advanced to as• Six officers have been given re• ing and transportation departments, Mr. Minor is a graduate of Ohio sistant general counsel. He joined the sponsibility tor a number of depart• he became general manager at three State University, where he obtained in 1963 as as• ments that previously had reported locations, and assistant vice presi• a law degree. He served as first assis• sistant vice president. He became the directly to the Penn Central presi• dent-transportation at New York. tant deputy attorney general of the PRR's vice president-coal and ore dent. In 1967 he became the Central's United States, and as a member of traffic in 1964, and held the same po• The change was made to improve vice president-systems development. the Interstate Commerce Commis• sition in the merged Penn Central. management control and to increase He retained this position following sion. efficiency by delegating greater au• the merger, and then advanced to He joined the New York Central thority to these key officers. vice president-operation for Penn in 1958 as vice president-law, and The new assignments and respon• Central a year ago. was appointed vice president- sibilities, as announced by Chairman executive department in 1967. He Stuart T. Saunders and President was named senior vice president of Paul A. Gorman, are detailed here. Penn Central in 1968.

Samuel H. Hellenbrand, 53, was appointed vice president-industrial development, real estate and taxes. James A. McDonald, 50, was pro• moted to executive vice president He formerly was in charge of in• from vice president-executive assis• dustrial development and real estate, tant to the president. and now assumes the added respon• Edward G. Kreyling, Jr., 46, was Reporting to him will be the heads sibility for taxation, formerly han• named executive vice president in of the Purchases and Materials De• A. Paul Funkhouser, 46, was pro• dled by Theodore K. Warner, Jr., charge of the Traffic Department. partment, Management Planning moted to senior vice president- vice president-corporate adminis• He will have responsibility for the and Development Department, Mail passenger service from his former tration, who will retire. Freight Sales, Marketing, and Coal and TrailVan Services Department, position of vice president-coal and Mr. Hellenbrand was graduated and Ore Departments. He succeeds Systems Development Departme ore traffic. magna cum laude from St. Lawrence Henry W. Large, who will reach and Cost and Profit Analysis Depart• He will be responsible for devel• University, and was a cum laude mandatory retirement age on July 5. ment. oping short-term programs and long- graduate of its Brooklyn Law School. Mr. Kreyling comes to Penn Cen• Mr. McDonald was graduated range solutions to the Railroad's He joined the New York Central in tral from the St. Louis-San Fran• magna cum laude from the Univer• chief problem area—passenger ser• 1942 as an attorney, and advanced to cisco (Frisco) Railway. A native of sity of Saskachewan, Canada, and vice. become general tax attorney and St. Louis, Mo., he was graduated was a Rhodes Scholar in 1947-49, Reporting to him will be the vice director of taxes. from Washington University and obtaining a postgraduate degree in president-passenger service, the vice He became vice president-plan• worked for several firms before join• economics at Oxford University, president-New England, vice presi• ning and development in 1963 and ing the Frisco Railway in 1955 as England. dent-Metropolitan Region, and the vice president-industrial develop• director of traffic research. He started his railroad career with contract and special service officers. ment and real estate the following He was promoted to assistant gen• the Canadian National Railway in Mr. Funkhouser is a graduate of year. He has held the same position eral freight traffic manager, general 1937, while attending school. On re• Princeton University and the Uni- with the merged Penn Central. freight traffic manager, and director turn from Oxford, he was assigned of marketing, before becoming the special duties in research and devel• Frisco's vice president for traffic and opment, personnel and transport industrial development in 1965. economics. He was promoted to general su• Medical Benefits Increase perintendent, general manager, and xpanded medical benefits railroad companies will now be vice president with territorial re• have been written into a paying $270,000,000 in premi• sponsibilities. He became vice presi• E new agreement drawn up by ums each year for employes' dent-production of the Canadian Na• representatives of America's health and welfare benefits. tional before joining Penn Central railroad companies and unions. There is no charge to the em• a year ago. About 500,000 railroad em• ployes. ployes are covered. John J. Maher, vice president With the new changes, the —labor relations and personnel, signed the agreement in behalf of the Penn Central Transpor• tation Company. "The new agreement contin• ues the previous policy with a number of substantial changes," he said. The changes include: 1. Increase in surgical benefits. 2. Increase in lab-Xray and radiation treatment benefits. 3. Increase in the major medi• cal lifetime maximum from Robert G. Flannery, 45, was ap• $10,000 to $20,000. pointed executive vice president and 4. More liberal provisions for will continue to be in charge of the emergency treatment—details Railroad's operating departments. to be worked out. He will also assume responsibility 5. Coverage of children to be• for technical research. gin at birth, instead of at 14 days Reporting to him will be the vice of age. presidents and general managers of Robert W. Minor, 50, who was 6. Coverage of furloughed Penn Central's seven operating re• Penn Central's senior vice president, employes to include a waiver gions, the vice president-transporta• is now senior vice president-legal for disabilities commencing tion, and the vice president- and public affairs. while furloughed. engineering and equipment. He will have responsibility for

8 It happens at MIDNIGHT

To Conductor Joseph Sedlack, it's Why? a race. "A major element is the fact that There's this draft of empty freight more freight moves into our terri• cars. It's on the outbound track at tory than moves out of it," explains 59th Street Yard, Chicago. And he's Robert C. Marquis, assistant vice signaling Engineman John Farrell to president, freight car utilization. couple up. "Penn Central serves an area con• "These cars are headed for the taining more than half the country's Proviso Yard of the Chicago and population and eight of the ten North Western Railway," Conductor largest cities. Vast shipments of food, Sedlack explains. building materials, and other con• "We've got to get moving if we're sumer goods, as well as raw materi• to deliver them in time." als for factories, move into this area In time means before midnight. from the South and the West. "If we don't make it by then, it "The amount of freight moving costs a lot of money," the conductor out is naturally smaller in volume. says. "That's why we have so many for• In key yards all over the Railroad, eign freight cars on our lines every there's this nightly race against the day, and why we have so many emp• clock. ty cars to send back to the other The Railroaders know that foreign railroads. freight cars turn into pumpkins at "This complicates our effort to Trainload of empty cars, with Engineman John Farrell at the head end, gets set to leave midnight. make the two accounts—per diem PC's 59th Street Yard, Chicago, to assure delivery to the C&NW Railway before midnight. And that's no fairy tale. income and per diem outgo—reach At midnight, Penn Central has to a balance. "Every one of us can do a lot," pay another day's rent for all foreign "But as difficult as the problem is, said Fred Formichella, manager of freight cars on its tracks. A foreign we know we have to make gains in freight car distribution, at a typical freight car is one belonging to an• this direction—particularly now, at meeting in Fort Wayne, Ind. other railroad. a time of strained finances, when ev• "Yardmasters—you can help by "If these foreign cars are un- ery dollar is needed for constructive making sure advance consists are needed, it's a shame to have to pay purposes on our railroad. sent to the next yard in plenty of for them," says Yardmaster Ray• "With the help of all our yard em• time so the men will be ready to mond J. Corcoran. ployes and switching crews, we're handle the cars when they arrive. The payment is called per diem. out to make a real dent this year." "Yard crews and local switching Per diem means "by the day" in Says Yardmaster Corcoran, at crews—you're the men we count on Latin. It means the Railroad has to 59th Street Yard, Chicago: to get those cars assembled and pay a rental, ranging from $2.16 to "Getting all those unneeded cars moved over the road to the inter• $12.18 for each day a foreign freight off our line before midnight every change point before midnight. car is on its lines. day—it's a challenge to our skill as "Yard clerks—make sure you've The payment must be made railroaders. identified every empty car on your whether the car is loaded or empty "And it isn't just the per diem hold tracks correctly—for instance, —running or standing still If it's a special equipped boxcar, The fee of $2.16 to $12.18, depend• "The faster those cars get to where make sure it's so noted in your re• Yard Clerk L. J. Pappageorge, at Chicago, ing on the type of car, doesn't sound they're supposed to go, the quicker ports. receives a teletyped consist in time to like much. they'll be loaded with more freight "Car foremen and car repairmen prepare for quick classification of in• But over the course of a year, the —and freight is what pays our —when cars are sent to the rip coming cars and routing empties off-line. per diem fees are multiplied millions wages." tracks, the sooner they're repaired of times. It adds up to a staggering To help make this drive success• and moved off your tracks, the sum. ful, meetings are being held all over sooner we can put them back on the specialized use of our computer net• Of course, other railroads have to the System. They're called Car Utili• road. work, and these steps have already pay for Penn Central cars on their zation Seminars. "Freight agents and freight clerks enabled us to make a significant im• tracks. If the per diem money re• The participants include division —don't let cars wait on a shipper's provement in per diem. ceived by Penn Central equalled the superintendents and yard clerks. siding for some future loading. This "But our main blueprint for suc• per diem money paid out, everything Freight agents and trainmasters. Car kind of thing might seem like a favor cess is still to be found in the Car would be fine. But that doesn't hap• foremen and sales managers. Yard- to one shipper, but it hurts all ship• Service Rules and the Special Car pen. Penn Central pays out more masters and transportation superin• pers. Orders. than it gets. tendents. "Storehouse men—make sure that "Following these instructions when you're shipping company ma• carefully and precisely, in every case, terials, you use only cars assigned for will enable us to keep those cars roll• that purpose, and not cars that ing to where they're supposed to go, should be out hauling customers' in minimum time. freight or be returned to a foreign "Which is the key element in the railroad. whole situation." "During 1969, our railroad made operating improvements, including a On the cover: On this tape, being handled by Shirley Steigerwalt, is In Car Accounting Office, Linda Moleski a record of freight car movements, checks records to assure that proper per including date and time when cars diem payments are made for use of cars. were delivered to other railroads- vital facts for correct payment.

Using reports sent in from yard clerks, Joann Kerollis puts car movement in• formation on key-punch cards, which will be used to store the information on tape. NEW APPOINTMENTS

SYSTEM OFFICES Baggerly, L. A. Division Superintendent Bonsall, I. L. General Foreman NORTHERN REGION Accounting Department Ball, R. E. Road Foreman Cossel, J. D. Division Engineer Patterson, R. O. Carlin, W. J., Jr. Beebe, C. E. Terminal Trainmaster Panning, J. R. Regional Mechanical Supervisor—Car Supervisor—Car Accounting Comstock, G. G. Asst. Trainmaster (Night) Frankford Jct. Cicali, A. F. Traveling Auditor (Jr.) Terminal Trainmaster, Big Four Yard Templin, F. E. Asst. Trainmaster (Night) Detroit Division Daly, J. B. Business Analyst Conway, C. E. Asst. Trainmaster Longworth, O. J. Freight Agent, Monroe Downs, S. P. Accounting Analyst Daniels, P. B. Terminal Superintendent Harrisburg Division Dyson, G. B. Clerk-Special Duty Eppley, W. E. Division Road Foreman Bressler, J. R. Michigan Division Fraser, T. J., Jr. Head Clerk Granfield, E. F. General Foreman—Locomotive, Enola Murphy, R. M. Master Mechanic Green, J. E. Transportation Superintendent Carley, F. W. Trainmaster Vogt, H. C. General Yardmaster Manager—Gen. Billing and Collections Gratz, R. E. Sechrist, D. E. Terminal Supt., Enola Welch, R. J., Jr. Asst. Yardmaster Kavana, R. M. Accounting Analyst Terminal Superintendent, Charleston, W. Va. Kirkman, F. J. Hostetler, C. W. WESTERN REGION Assoc. Analyst—Freight Billing (Operations) Chesapeake Division Road Foreman, Charleston, W. Va. Epprecht, G. K. Supervisor—Budgets Long, E. W. Chief—Rent Accounting Skoutelas, N. J. Asst. Engineer McCutchan, L. Jozaitis, M. J. Malony, G. E. Supervisor—l&C Accounting Asst. Supervisor—Car Distribution Regional Supervisor—Train Operation Matera, J. Traveling Auditor (Jr.) CENTRAL REGION McWhirter, R. C. Asst. Terminal Trainmaster McGuckin, W. J. Statistician McQuillis, R. W. Davis, J. A. Asst. Supervisor—Demurrage Nance, B. A. Supervisor—Yard Procedures Marx, M. M. Supervisor—Train Movement Asst. Supervisor—l&C Accounting Simpson, H., Jr. Foust, J. J., Jr. Asst. Industrial Engineer Terry, Lois M. Traveling Car Accountant Kiser, J. A. Scale Inspector, Altoona Road Foreman, Bellefontaine, Ohio Chicago Division Wyman, R. Supervisor—Rent Accounting Stamper, D. D. Terminal Trainmaster Santoff, G. R. Aitchison, J. Cost & Material Engineer, C&S Asst. Supervisor—Train Operation Financial Department NORTHEASTERN REGION Sgro, J. P. Bunting, W. G. Basile, J. A. Shop Manager, Selkirk Supervisor—Train Movement (Relief) Benton, Joanne M. Head Bookkeeper Supervisor—Maintenance of Facilities Engleman, R. E. Werremeyer, R. E. Lowe, C. S., Jr. Passenger Trainmaster Equipment Supervisor—Training, Selkirk Regional Power Control Supervisor Engineering Department Sheputis, R. A. Cawood, A. E. Johnson, L. C. Transportation Supervisor—Nights, Asst. Chief Engineer—Special Projects Air Brake Supervisor, Selkirk Pittsburgh Division Colehour, Ind. Eimer, N. Civil Engineer Melotti, F. J. Equipment Supervisor, Training Akins, R. R. Mearsheimer, T. J. Miller, H. L. Equipment Supervisor, Training Transportation Supervisor, Conway Stiber, J. R. Supervisor—Train Operation Engineer—Bridges & Buildings Woodhall, R. E. Equipment Supervisor, Training Moll, T. J. Asst. Supervisor—Train Operation McHugh, H. Architectural Designer Pinciaro, J. G. Cleveland Division Syracuse Division Asst. Gen. Foreman—Car, Conway Yaus, W. H. Division Road Foreman, DeWitt Systems Development Department Sienecki, S. J. Crosby, J. Benedict, S. N. Field Auditor Asst. Supervisor—Train Operation Gen. Foreman, Locomotive, Collinwood Buffalo Division Brodowski, P. L. Sr. Field Auditor Smith, O. P., Jr. Diesel Terminal Jamieson, R. A. Trainmaster, Rochester METROPOLITAN REGION Dougherty, R. A. Field Auditor Asst. Gen. Foreman, Shire Oaks Ashton, R. Superintendent—Train Operation Fraley, H. W. Assoc. Computer Analyst EASTERN REGION Forbes, L. J. Transportation Supt. New Haven Frankenfield, D. R. Sr. Systems Analyst Williamsport Division Autro, C. W. Training Assistant Gibson, D. M. Superintendent—Police Hughes, L. A. Sr. Graphic Analyst Bump, R. B. Dallas, F. J. Training Assistant Loconto, J. M. General Manager—Operation Murphy, D. J. Assoc. Computer Analyst Asst. Supervisor—Track, Corning, N. Y. White, J. T., Jr. Overlease, P. F. Chief Road Foreman Hand, V. Asst. Trainmaster, Newberry Asst. Supvr.—Locomotive Control Shoemaker, J. K. Johnson, R. L. Trainmaster, Clearfield SOUTHERN REGION Transportation Superintendent Columbus Division Light, G. E. Trainmaster, Falls Creek Philadelphia Division Stonehouse, E. P. Andrews, J. E. Asst. Terminal Superintendent Morton, K. F. Asst. Supervisor—Track Bishop, N. L. Asst. Transportation Supt. Supervisor—Operating Rules LIVING HISTORY rnest H. Rankin retired from E the New York Central 16 years ago. But he's still working—as executive secretary of the Mar• quette County Historical Soci• ety, in Michigan. "I usually put in 40 hours a week," he says. "And occasionally 60. "And I'm 82." Ernest Rankin started rail• roading with a signal gang at Utica, N.Y., in 1909; and at the time of his retirement, in 1954, he was an assistant engineer in Swartz Photo the Valuation Department. Long interested in local his• tory, he became associated with The boy was drowning the historical society as a gene• It was Yardmaster Harry boat and spotted him ten feet alogist to work on the lives of Myers' day off from his job down among the pilings. I had Michigan pioneers and early This old base burner is a favorite at Midvale Yard in Philadel• an awful time trying to get a settlers in Marquette County, of tourists visiting unusual museum. phia. grip on him. I had just about Michigan. The society has rec• The sunny sky beckoned him lost all my breath when I final• ords on about 22,000 persons. and term papers. School chil• to the yacht basin near his ly got hold of his foot and In 1964, he became the execu• dren come as far as 150 miles home in Pleasantville, N. J., hauled him up by the seat of his tive secretary. to visit our museum. to work on his 23-foot cabin pants, slowly and carefully so "We're basically an educa• "And many Ph.D.'s—from cruiser. I wouldn't lose him, and got tional institution," he says. "In throughout the country and Since high school, he has him to the surface. addition to our museum, we abroad—use our research facil- gone in for water sports—swim• "The poor kid was no longer have a reference and research ties." ming, skiing, boating. On this breathing when we laid him on library without parallel for Up• Mr. Rankin edits the soci• morning, 55-year-old Harry the dock. I immediately started per Peninsula history. ety's quarterly magazine, "Har• Myers and his love of the water artificial respiration. "Our staff assists students low's Wooden Man," and has helped save a life. "The other fellow helped me. from the third grade up with written hundreds of articles on Mr. Myers was putting finish• Before long the boy's color re• material for talks, compositions local history for various pub• ing touches on his cruiser when turned and he came around." lications. he noticed a commotion among An ambulance rushed the Ernest Rankin tells about Marquette's Lately, Mr. Rankin has been a group of boys on the dock. two boys to the hospital. Both trek to Lake Superior 300 years ago. writing to newspapers to cor• "At first, I thought they were of them developed pneumonia rect misunderstandings about just horsing around," Mr. Myers due to inhaled water. But they the land grants received by recalls. "Then I realized there soon recovered. They are now some railroads in the 19th Cen• was trouble." back in school. tury. Many people think the What had happened was that Harry Myers (shown above, land was a free gift. seven-year-old Floyd Walker right) was honored by the Pa• "I've been writing to editors had fallen into the bay. Eleven- trolmen's Benevolent Associa• to set the record straight," he year-old Timothy Thomas tion, Mainland Local 77. says. "The fact is that in return jumped in to rescue Floyd, but He was given a Certificate of for the land, the railroads had had become fatigued and was Valor "in grateful appreciation to charge half rates for Govern• in trouble himself. for heroic actions and outstand• ment shipments. "Both boys disappeared be• ing courage performed in the "These half rates continued low the surface," Mr. Myers interest of public safety and until 1946, by which time the says. "A man on the dock welfare of our community." railroads had repaid the Gov• jumped in and pulled the Mr. Myers commented later: ernment many times over for eleven-year-old to the top. The "Any normal person would the land they received. The other boy couldn't be seen. have done the same thing in railroads don't owe Uncle Sam "I dove off the back of my the same situation." a single penny." Renovated train greets passengers

right and shining. and refurbished equipment. All these B That's Penn Central's Mer- trains are in Boston-New York- hants Limited. Washington service. It's not a new train, but it is a "I haven't seen a train like this in showcase for the Railroad's efforts to years," exclaimed Conductor Mi• upgrade passenger service in the chael Cardarelli as he got his first crowded Northeast. look at the Limited gleaming in the The Limited was the first of ten late afternoon sun. "It looks brand trains to be outfitted with overhauled new. "I know they're refurbished cars, but the guys in the shops did a great job on them. We even got an over• hauled engine with a new PC paint job." The Limited was in South Station, Boston, Mass. The wheel assemblies of the cars had been overhauled and painted black. These were in vivid contrast to the shining stainless steel and bright Penn Central green exterior of the cars. The inside was bright, too. New tile had been laid. The walls and ceilings were painted a light pastel. There were new lighting fixtures. The seats had all been reupholstered. The coaches were refurbished by Its delightful," these charmed ladies men of New Haven Passenger Car Refurbished cars of Merchants Limited glisten in afternoon sun at South Station, Boston. told Trainman Albert E. Shanks, in Boston. Shop. The two FL-9 locomotives on the train were overhauled by men of Altoona Locomotive Shop. In the 15 months since the New Haven inclusion, 61 of its coaches have been rehabilitated by Penn Central people. Many of these coaches have now been assigned to exclusive service in the ten "name" trains. These are the , Patriot, Senator and Merchants Limited, in both directions, and the Bostonian and New Yorker. Conductor Michael Cardarelli takes tick• The trains will be thoroughly ets from passengers aboard the Limited. cleaned and washed during their daily layovers. "We'd like to see the Merchants Limited looking like this all the time," said Conductor Cardarelli. "Our passengers were really im• pressed when they got aboard to• day. I had several of them ask me if they were on the right train." Edward H. Butler, Jr., attendant on the Limited, echoed his conductor's enthusiasm. "The only thing we have to sell is service," he said, "and we have to PC Vice President William H. Tucker talks package the product right, with of improved services to Reporter Elliott Gleaming interior greeted these passengers as they boarded refurbished coach at Boston. trains like these." Stocker, of the Providence (R.I.) Journal.

isten to Howard R. Kelley gress. Here's a man who can TALK L make a speech and you're When a chapter of Toastmas- listening to a master. ters International was founded That's not just opinion—it's at Charleston, Ill., in 1963, Mr. official. Kelley was a charter member. In this photo, Mr. Kelley He soon started studying and (left) is receiving the Able training for the Able Toastmas• Toastmaster award at the an• ter certification. nual convention of Toastmas- It took five years. ters International. "This is one of the most inten• This is an organization of sive study courses on speech- public speakers, with 3500 making and communications chapters in 47 countries, and a anywhere in the world," Mr. total membership of 76,000. Kelley says. When this organization cer• "Receiving the award was tifies you as an Able Toastmas• one of the most satisfying mo• ter, you're tops. Only 269 mem• ments in my life. bers in all America have ever "The Able Toastmaster received this award. rating is recognized all over the Howard Kelley is chief clerk world, and it opens up new in the trainmaster's office at avenues of speechmaking. Anderson, Ind., on PC's Indi• Mr. Kelley's fireplace mantel ana Division. He's in constant is loaded with trophies. But like demand as a public speaker. every busy man, he finds time For years he has been address• to do other things, too. ing civic, business, church, He's a Sunday school teacher, lodge and industrial groups in board member of the East Lynn Indiana and Illinois. Disciples of Christ Church, and A prime subject of his talks is recording secretary of the Mad• the railroad industry and its ison County Industrial Manage• contributions to America's pro• ment Club.

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